Hantsmoths

Common in hedgerows and gardens throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland. Widely distributed and fairly common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan male 5.2-6.6 mm, female 4.7-6.1 mm. Imago very similar to that of E. agrimoniae, from which separable only by dissection of the genitalia. Adults difficult to distinguish from other Ectoedemia species, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Wild Rose and Cultivated Rose, over-wintering as a pupa.